11-28-2014, 10:00 PM
As they approached, Akantha pressed a small button along the middle of the baton. Slowly, she pulled the two ends apart, slipping the blades free. What had once been a mere stick, turned into twin blades. Adjusting her grip on the bamboo, the Naga focused her attention to the noises coming from ahead of them.
She could see the shadows moving against the walls unaware of their presence. As the two of them reached the entrance, she glanced in Sarkozy’s direction. The man nodded and both stepped into the creature infested room. Despite having seen many things in the tunnels, what awaited them in the room was not something Akantha had encountered before. They were an odd mixture of human and beast that could have very well have left the claw marks the two of them had seen along the way.
First one of the beasts spotted them, then the rest. The hissing and growling noises coming from the six creatures were enough to freeze anyone on their tracks, but the Naga had hunted plenty of creatures before. Despite her unfamiliarity with these, she wasn’t ready to back down. Without warning, one of the monsters leaped in their direction, but appeared to strike some invisible wall that sent it falling back.
There was no way for Akantha to see what Ivan had done, but she had a feeling he had a hand on what had just happened. “Don’t let them touch you.”
She shouted at him over the growls just in case there were surprises they were unaware of.
Twin swords in hand, the Naga shot forward, charging through a wall of air she could not see or feel and towards the nearest of the beasts. She moved quickly, dodging powerful swings of claws and ducking low to slash at its abdomen. Blood splattered from the creature, but Akantha had little time to stop and see if any got on her.
Three more of the creatures came her way, attacking her from all angles. She drove them back with kicks and swings from her swords, sending one of the creatures flying back against a wall just long enough to have enough time to deal with the remaining two. She hissed and watched them all step back and circle around her. It was then that she saw something she’d not expected before. Intelligence.
The three beasts watched her, calculating her next move as much as she did theirs. This wasn’t a mere beast hunt, she realized. This was fight, and at the moment, the odds weren’t in her favor.
She could see the shadows moving against the walls unaware of their presence. As the two of them reached the entrance, she glanced in Sarkozy’s direction. The man nodded and both stepped into the creature infested room. Despite having seen many things in the tunnels, what awaited them in the room was not something Akantha had encountered before. They were an odd mixture of human and beast that could have very well have left the claw marks the two of them had seen along the way.
First one of the beasts spotted them, then the rest. The hissing and growling noises coming from the six creatures were enough to freeze anyone on their tracks, but the Naga had hunted plenty of creatures before. Despite her unfamiliarity with these, she wasn’t ready to back down. Without warning, one of the monsters leaped in their direction, but appeared to strike some invisible wall that sent it falling back.
There was no way for Akantha to see what Ivan had done, but she had a feeling he had a hand on what had just happened. “Don’t let them touch you.”
She shouted at him over the growls just in case there were surprises they were unaware of.
Twin swords in hand, the Naga shot forward, charging through a wall of air she could not see or feel and towards the nearest of the beasts. She moved quickly, dodging powerful swings of claws and ducking low to slash at its abdomen. Blood splattered from the creature, but Akantha had little time to stop and see if any got on her.
Three more of the creatures came her way, attacking her from all angles. She drove them back with kicks and swings from her swords, sending one of the creatures flying back against a wall just long enough to have enough time to deal with the remaining two. She hissed and watched them all step back and circle around her. It was then that she saw something she’d not expected before. Intelligence.
The three beasts watched her, calculating her next move as much as she did theirs. This wasn’t a mere beast hunt, she realized. This was fight, and at the moment, the odds weren’t in her favor.